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  • April 26, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Plans for New Judicial Building 'On Hold,' Official Says

    In a year in which the state's appellate courts received more personnel and bigger paychecks, the state Legislature quietly handed them a setback in the space department.

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  • April 24, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

    Whooping Cranes Battle Pits County Against State

    The nation's highest court will decide this term if it hears a case about the endangered bird species. In the litigation, Texas opposes The Aransas Project, a nonprofit. The Aransas Project got help in its argument, most recently, from the Harris County Attorney.

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  • April 22, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

    Whooping Cranes Battle Pits County Against State

    The nation's highest court is scheduled to decide if it will hear what is known as the whooping crane case. At stake in the litigation: the habitat of the endangered 5-foot-tall, spindly

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  • April 22, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

    Whooping Cranes Battle Pits County Against State

    The nation's highest court will decide this term if it hears a case about the endangered bird species. In the litigation, Texas opposes The Aransas Project, a nonprofit. The Aransas Project got help in its argument, most recently, from the Harris County Attorney.

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  • April 20, 2015 |

    Hodge v. Kirkpatrick Dev., Inc.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis   Hodgev.Kirkpatrick Dev., Inc.130 Cal.App.4th 540Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division…

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  • April 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Third Circuit Clarifies Class Certification Rules

    The Third Circuit reined in runaway readings of its recently adopted standard for assessing class action cases Thursday. Although the court clarified that evaluating the ascertainabil

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  • April 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Third Circuit Clarifies Class Certification Rules

    The Third Circuit reined in runaway readings of its recently adopted standard for assessing class action cases Thursday.

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  • State v. Reid

    Publication Date: 2015-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony Axam AxamLaw, Bernard Taylor, Kacy McCaffrey, Michael Brown Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, Cinque Axam Axam Roberts Legal Group, John Morgan, John Petrey, and Danielle Roberts, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A0537

    The trial court erred in granting the defendants new trials, since it failed to properly fulfill its affirmative statutory duty to independently weigh the trial evi

  • Floyd v. Gibson

    Publication Date: 2015-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Howell Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Judy Jarecki-Black, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Dyal, Lavonia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1655

    It was not apparent from the trial court's order whether it made the requisite findings in awarding custody of three minor children to their grandm

  • Walnut Acres Neighborhood Association v. City of Los Angeles (Simmers)

    Publication Date: 2015-04-16
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    Date Filed: 2015-03-18
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Mark Shipow and Mark S. Shipow for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Alston & Bird, Edward J. Casey and Andrea S. Warren for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.
    Case Number: No. B254636

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 3664 WALNUT ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v.p class="